GGT Seminar: Obstructing reducible surgeries on knots in S^3 using Knot Floer homology
Oct 10, 2024 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
347 Altgeld Hall
- Sponsor
- Groups, Geometry, and Topology Seminar
- Speaker
- Holt Bodish (Illinois)
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- 45
- Originating Calendar
- Mathematics Seminar Series: Groups, Geometry, and Topology
In this talk we discuss using the mapping cone formula and the d-invariants from Heegaard Floer homology as tools for obstructing reducible surgeries on certain classes of knots. This will be an introduction to these techniques and no prior knowledge of knot Floer homology will be assumed.